language names

In a message dated 3/19/2008 10:34:24 AM Central Daylight Time,
lars.finsen@ORTYGIA.NO writes:


> BTW, Sore Suraetua is only a provisional name. It simply means "Old
> Suraetua" in Suraetua. It should have a name in itself, but what?
> Suraetua in Sora Suraetua is Hiksjuraranithwara, a little unwieldy,
> but this is perhaps pertinent for the language (see below). The
> meaning is "means for telling". But perhaps I can simply use the word
> hihinusa, "language." Or hihinauju, "speaking."
>
Must the name of the language have a meaning?  Most natural language names
mean only "of such-and-such country" if they have any meaning at all.

I suggest just treating it as a name, with little or no regard to the fact
that it's a language.  "Our language" is a common variant, too.

stevo   </HTML>

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